Maybe it's the fact that I'm wrapping up my final assignments for my BA program, maybe it's the fact that New Years is only a few days away, or maybe its the fact that another birthday is swiftly coming to the surface; but I keep pondering the direction of the year to come.
So many things that I've always wanted to accomplish will be wrapped up in 2007: My BA, writing and performing music, working in a ministry that I love and get excited about. But I find myself uncomfortable with the idea of officially no longer being a student.
I keep thinking about Pittsburgh Seminary's distance program, NNU's online Master's in Missional Leadership degree and possibly the Commissioned Lay Pastor's program though the Presbytery.
Again then there is the additional cost of going back again. Anyone have a grant in their pocket that they'd like to give me?
Can I swing the pressure of a more dictated study program? Should I jump into the M-div, or take the baby step of the Lay pastor program - or the MA at NNU. I have this sense of urgency about taking this on, but any one program is at least two more years of work - five at the most.
I love to learn. One time someone called me a lifetime student. I think if I'm enrolled or not that is who I am and who I want to be.
I have so much to learn.
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